A push to have employers of 100 or more workers implement vaccination-or-testing policies has come to a halt before ever getting started.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had planned on rolling out its emergency temporary standard for applicable employers by December 5. The rules would have required masks for all unvaccinated employees working in-person, as well as weekly negative Covid-19 tests, beginning January 4, 2022.

But the federal agency has now announced plans to suspend all implementation and enforcement efforts related to the workplace vaccination-or-testing mandate.

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Cedra Mayfield

Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @cedramayfield

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